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Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 2 to 4
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	4.9

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		alkaline, hometown, imaginable, incandescent, northeast, phonograph, month, inventor, lived, feeling, been, business, excited, died, north, born
	content words:		New Jersey, West Orange, Edison National Historic Site, Thomas Alva Edison, New York, Universal Stock Printer, Menlo Park, Mina Miller, On October, Chemistry Lab

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New Jersey By Jennifer Kenny

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¹     Even though it is a short month, February had been a long month for Jimmy. There had been a lot of snow in his hometown, and he had been sick for a whole week with a bad cold. Jimmy had even missed his class trip to Edison's laboratory.
 
²     Well, today Jimmy's mother had a surprise for him. She was taking him to the lab on her own.
 
³     "Really?" Jimmy yelled in surprise.

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